Robert Ruyak was appointed Managing Partner and CEO of Howrey in January, 2000 and serves as Chairman of the firm’s Executive Committee. With a national reputation, Mr. Ru-yak is one of the firm’s most experienced and respected jury trial lawyers. Cases he has tried cover a wide range of legal and substantive areas, principally antitrust (both civil and criminal), intellectual property (including patent, trademark and trade secret), insurance coverage, international trade, and variety of commercial disputes.

Throughout his career, he has been a proponent of and pioneer in the use of computer technology in litigation.Ruyak is also a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars addressing the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights,jury trial strategy and tactics, and the use of technology in litigation.

He has been a member of the Archdiocesan pro bono Legal Net-work Board since 1993 and is the recipient of the first James Cardinal Hickey Award for his work with that board.In addition to his membership on the Georgetown University Law Center Board of Visitors, Ruyak has generously contributed to the Sherman Cohn Endowed Scholarship Fund. He was also clerked for the Hon. John J. Sirica, former judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, from 1974 to 1976.